UNIVERSIDAD DE CASTILLA-LA MANCHA Prueba de Aptitud para el Acceso a la Universidad (Bachillerato L.O.G.S.E.

) IDIOMA EXTRANJERO: Ingls INTERNET MUSIC PIRACY The music industry has announced an intensification of its campaign against illegal file-sharing. It calls on music fans to buy their music online legitimately, rather than risk the legal consequences of illegal file-sharing. There are now over 100 legal online music sites in Europe offering a total of over one million music tracks. Users of file-sharing services such as KaZaA, EDonkey/eMule and Gnutella are the target. This is a warning that no illegal uploaders are immune from legal action, whichever service they are using. Individuals are charged with acting illegally by making copyrighted music available on the Internet without the permission of the copyright holder - this is against the law throughout Europe and internationally. These people are likely to face compensation payments averaging several thousand euros. Illegal file-sharing has contributed to the decline in global music sales - down US$6 billion in the last five years. For that reason, awareness campaigns around the world have included music coalition websites, media advertising, university and school projects and instant messages sent directly to people using unauthorised services. The fight against online music piracy has become the subject of daily debate, in the media, in government and in ordinary households. QUESTIONS I. READING COMPREHENSION. (2 POINTS) (0.5 points for each correct answer) Add TRUE or FALSE and copy the evidence from the text to support your answer. NO marks are given for only true or false. 1. 1. 1. 1. The music industry campaign encourages people to get free music from the Internet. EDonkey is an example of file-sharing software. Law about copyrights allows copyrighted music file-sharing in France. The fight against on line piracy is a current topic in society.

II. EXPRESSING THE MAIN IDEAS. (1 POINT) (0.5 points for each correct answer) Answer the following questions according to the information given in the text. Where possible, use your own words. 1. How much might an EMule-user pay if s/he is charged with Internet music piracy? 1. Why does the music industry spend money on campaigns against illegal file-sharing? III. LEXICON/ PHONETICS. (1 POINT). Choose ONLY ONE of the options. A. LEXICON. (1 POINT) (0.25 points for each correct answer) Find words or phrases

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in the text that mean the same as these given. Not allowed by the law. People who like a particular thing or activity very much. The legal right to be the only producer of a song for a specific length of time. Spoken or written pieces of information that you send to another person.

B. PHONETICS. (1 POINT) (0.25 points for each correct answer) (a) Write two words from the text that have the same diphthong sound as "make" /eI/. (Underline the part of t contains the diphthong) (0.5) (b) Write a past form from the text that sounds the same as "wanted" /Id/. (0.25) (c) Is the "-n-" pronounced /n/ or // in "averaging"? (0.25) IV. USE OF ENGLISH. (3 POINTS) (0.5 for each correct answer)Rewrite the following sentences starting with the words given. 1. Although Orson was over seventy, he continued to cycle to work every day. Despite ................................................................................... 2. I havent read a play by George Bernard Shaw for eight years. It is ..................................................................................................... 3. Perhaps it would be better to go out in the afternoon, Sharons mother said. Sharons mother recommended .......................................................... 4. The fireman managed to rescue the child from the burning house. The fireman was ................................................................................. 5. The police dont oblige the suspects to say anything. The suspects ......................................................................................... 6. Write the correct question for the underlined words: - ............................................................................................................ - My grandfather is eighty-two years old. V. COMPOSITION. (3 POINTS) Write a composition of between 100 and 125 words on ONE of the following topics. Specify your option. * * Is the Internet important in your life? Why or why not? What are the advantages, if any, of getting music illegally from the Web? Why do many people do it so often?